We selected an attention task that allowed us to determine the relationship between synchronized neurons and the ability to detect an event, on a trial by trial basis. We found that for any given trial, the more coordinated the neurons, the faster the solution.

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Our findings suggest that the synchronization of V4 neurons reflects a general mechanism for rapidly funneling important information to other regions of the brain. This leads us to ask if disruptions of neural synchrony might lead to some of the attention problems that are found in so many brain disorders.

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